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UN Agent Praises Canada's "Rights-Based" Housing Plan
January 03, 2018
UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing Leilani Farha recently lauded Canada's decision to adopt a "national housing strategy" as the government's acknowledgment, in line with the global economic, social, and cultural rights agenda, that housing is a human right, though she criticized the government for failing to commit to ending homelessness by the year 2030.
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OECD Pushes Environmental Reforms in Switzerland
January 02, 2018
A report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) calls on the Swiss government to adopt an "action plan" to improve biodiversity in the country and to expand its carbon taxes to help meet global climate commitments.
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Schaefer: US Must Force Broad Reforms on UNHRC
January 02, 2018
Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation argues that, if the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) refuses to adopt US demands for stricter membership criteria and a reduction in the disproportionate number of resolutions on Israel by the end of 2018, the US could easily justify a decision to leave the body.
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UN Rights Chief Opposes El Salvador Abortion Ban
January 02, 2018
As part of his review at the conclusion of his visit to El Salvador, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called on the country's government to adopt a "moratorium" on the enforcement of its abortion ban, characterizing the prosecution of women for receiving abortions as a violation of the global human rights agenda.
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UN Summit Produces Range of New Climate Pledges
December 29, 2017
A UN press release surveys a broad range of commitments to combating global warming - including through a new "global coal alliance" and a deal on biofuel targets - agreed by national governments around the world, along with US state and local governments, at the recent UN climate summit in Bonn, Germany.
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